Rights group: 1,015 Syrian civilians killed in Russian strikes

The selection of civilians killed in Russian raids in Syria due to the fact September has reached 1,015, in step with the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

The civilian victims of Russian warplanes embrace 238 youngsters, the observatory printed in a observation.

The commentary also mentioned that the Russian raids have killed 893 Islamic State opponents and 1,141 from other militant factions who oppose Bashar Al-Assad’s regime, including Al-Nusra Front.

Moscow says that its airstrikes goal “terrorists” handiest whereas Western international locations accuse it of concentrated on anti-Assad combatants which are regarded as more “reasonable” than Daesh.

An Amnesty International report published on 23 December accused Russia of killing “a whole bunch of civilians” and inflicting main destruction because of its raids in Syria. It introduced that Russian operations in Syria could amount to “war
crimes”.

The Russian Ministry of Defence rejected Amnesty’s document saying it is filled with “clichés and fakes”.